macula

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Age-related macular degeneration is a condition that gradually damages the macula, the small but vital area at the back of the eye that supports sharp central vision.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

She had already lost central vision in her right eye when, three years ago, the sight in her left eye suddenly deteriorated aggressively, caused by a condition called wet macula degeneration.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

Excessive vascular growth damages the macula, the part of the eye that translates light into image signals.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2024

But mouse retinas lack the macula, a key region found in human eyes that picks out fine details, so they are not an ideal model.

From Scientific American • Aug. 8, 2022

Indeed Gilbert says, "Ungula, egilops, cataracta and macula are species of pannus, all arising from the same causes and cured by the same treatment."

From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer